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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Suisham Named Semifinalist For 2004 Groza Award
November 09, 2004 | Football
Nov. 9, 2004
Palm Beach, Fla. - The Palm Beach County Sports Commission is proud to announce the 20 semifinalists for the 2004 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award presented by the 2005 FedEx Orange Bowl National Championship.
Among the 20 kickers named are BGSU senior Shaun Suisham who has made 11 of 14 field goals this season and all 49 of his PAT attempts. In addition, he has 22 touchbacks.
The voters for the Lou Groza Award are comprised of all Division I head coaches, sports writers and sportscasters from across the country, conference officials, various NFL kickers and all previous Lou Groza Award finalists.
The three finalists for the Lou Groza Award will be announced on Monday November 22nd. Finalists will be honored at the 13th Annual Lou Groza Award Banquet on Tuesday December 7th at the West Palm Beach Marriott in West Palm Beach, FL.
The award, now in its 13th year, is named for NFL Hall-of-Fame kicker Lou Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Groza won four NFL championships with Cleveland and was named NFL Player of the Year in 1954. Nicknamed "The Toe," Groza was one of the first people to truly make kicking an art form, and he helped usher in to football the idea that a player could be used exclusively for kicking.
The Lou Groza Award is sponsored by AIM Riverside Press, BankAtlantic, The Breakers, Clipper Corporate Apparel, Continental Airlines, ESPN Radio 760, ESPN Regional Television, Florida Atlantic University Athletics, Florida Coca-Cola Bottling, JBS Destination Solutions, Palm Beach Kennel Club, The Palm Beach Post, Parallax Productions, Rooney's Public House, West Palm Beach Marriott and WPEC News Channel 12.
For more information regarding the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, including banquet, hotel and ticket information, please contact the Palm Beach County Sports Commission at (561) 233-1015 or visit www.lougrozaaward.com.
The 2004 Lou Groza Semifinalists are
Name, School Jeff Babcock, Colorado State Travis Bell, Georgia Tech Brian Bostick, Alabama Mason Crosby, Colorado Stephen Gostkowski, Memphis Tyler Jones, Boise State Darren McCaleb, Southern Mississippi Justin Medlock, UCLA Mike Nugent, Ohio State Matt Nuzie, Connecticut Brandon Pace, Virginia Tech Matt Payne, Brigham Young Todd Pegram, Texas A&M Dave Rayner, Michigan State Joe Rheem, Kansas State Reagan Schneider, Texas-El Paso Alexis Serna, Oregon State Colby Smith, Middle Tennessee Shaun Suisham, Bowling Green Andrew Wellock, Eastern Michigan
